The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-05-13

Tine Car, Czarina and members Of the
imperial household will leave st. Peters
burg shortly for the Don Cossack country.
The entire line will be guarded by troopa
QUEEN KArIoLANI. Of the Sandwich Isl.
snds. and the Princess Liliuakilani and
members Of their suite called At the White
House ON the 4th and paid their respects to
the President and Nrs. Cleveland.
A PULL inquiry at Halifax, N. g., into
the report Of the marine disaster .. Sable
Island left no doubt that there had been =
wreck. The lost vessel was supposed to be
Q schooner small craft
COAoNRL RIDGEwAY, the British Commits
sioper to the Anglo Russian conference
for the definition of the Russo-Afghau
frontier, has been recalled. 1t is officially
denied that the conference has failed but
Russia has refused to yield on the Koooha
Leleh district, and no arrangement has been
reached ~ to the possession of Kilef.
TIE Berlin correspondent Of the Moscow
Gazette says that the German military
authorities are training msstifs to hunt
the French outposts in the event Of war,
and falcons and other birds Of prey arc
being trained to chase carrier pigeons
should the latter be employed by the French.
The Mexicans celebrated the anniversary
Of their victory over the French Nays
A DISPATCH states that Prince Dhuleep
Singh, the India potentate who recently
left England, is At st. Petersburg. He
offers to place himself unreservedly in the
service Of Russia against England and
oppressor of his race"
The steamer Aisle, from Barcelona for
Marseilles, has been sunk in a collision
with the French Transatlantic Company's
steamer AjacciO from Cette for Algiers.
Several passengers were drowned.
A FANATIC ran amuck at Odessa, Russia,
the other day and stabbed six Jews, killing
two. He was arrested in a restaurant,
where he attacked and injured q Jewish
waiter. A mob of Jews tried to lynch
him.
RIors over the Wagner opera were re:
made against the German embassy, which
was protected by guard.
THE west bound accommodation on the
Intercolonial railway struck an avalanche
of snow near Moncton. N. B.. on the 5th.
Two engines and four first-class cars ran
of the track, killing Fireman Pierre Le-
vasgeur and Brakeman Alfred Lavard.
Mr.. KIMBALI, superintendent of the Life
Saving Service, is compiling the statistics
Of the winters work. He says there were
more wrecks, more rescues and more loss
of life than in any year since the service
was organized.
Thee French trans Atlantic cable was
broken recently. it was thought, by ice
bergs.
IT is reported that Italy is negotiating
with England for permission to allow Ital-
ian troops destined for the Abyssinian cam
paign to land in Africa.
IT was reported in Bucharest on the 9th
that disorders of an alarming nature had
occurred at Jassy, and that number of ar
rests had been made.
GENERAL VILLECAMpA, leader in the mill
tary revolt in Madrid last September, is
said to be dying in prison.
A QUANTITY OF dynamite was found in the
luggage of a man who died in hotel in
Madrid recently.
THE Canadian authorities have consented
to allow an American fishing schooner to
buy new lines at Halifax.
The Duchess of Cumberland, who has
been confined in an Austrian asylum for
some weeks, is said to be improving.
1T is reported that Vienna jeweier has
been commissioned by the Orleans family
to bid for the French crown Jewels.
ITALY proposes to call Spain to account
for selecting as q coaling station ON the
Red Sea spot claimed by Italy.
In the 1imes-DlllOn debate ut London on
the 9th Gladstones' motion was rejected
-3l7 to 233. and Sir Edward Clarke's mo-
ton that the House decline to treat the
Times publication as breach of privilege
was agreed to.
EXTENSIVE fires were reported raging in
the Catskill forests near the great Kaaters-
kill summer hotel
ONE hundred houses were destroyed by
fire in the town Of Eperlcus, Hungary, the
other day.
THE business failures during the seven
days ended May 5, numbered for the United
States, 1853; for Canada, -; total, Isl
against 1871 the previous week and 1872 for
the corresponding week of last year.
THE colonial conference in London ap-
proved the proposal to lay cable between
Vancouver and Australia.
lie Paris states that France has concluded
defensive alliance with certain other
powers, and that henccforth France will
not be alone IN the event of aggression
against her.
1T is reported that the Gar has decided
that the sentences of death pronounced
against the nihilists convicted of compile
ity in the recent attempt to assassinate
him shall be committed to Imprisonment at
hard labor for life, in the case of all but
two.
THE LATEST.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
May showed an average increase Of III
compared with the corresponding week of
last year. In New York the increase was
81.
SEVEN lives were lost on the Sth at New
Orleans during colOred bsptizing. A large
crowd was assembled ON the wharf when
the railing gave way, precipitating many
into the water with the fatal results men,
toned.
The steamer La Champagne, of Havre,
France, was run into recently by the steamer
Vile De Rio. The collision caused q panic
among the Italians on board the Champagne,
who made rush for the life boat and
caused it to capsize, thirty five of them be-
ing drowned in addition to three sailors
who had tried to prevent the rush.
EUROPEAN financial centers were dull
during the week ended May7.
The lumber yard Of Abraham Steers in
the Harlem district, N. Y, was burned the
other night and stock valued at about $780,
OOO was destroyed. The insurance was